Biography
Lynn Cohen was an American actress. Born Lynn Harriette Kay in Kansas City, Missouri, she began her career in regional theatre in St. Louis before moving to New York, where she appeared in off-Broadway productions from the 1970s and studied at Michael Howard Studios.
She made her screen debut in 1983 and accumulated over 100 film and television credits. Cohen was known for recurring roles as Magda in the HBO series Sex and the City (1998–2004) and the feature films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), and as Mags Flanagan in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013). Other notable appearances include Golda Meir in Munich (2005), The Station Agent (2003), Synecdoche, New York (2008) and Eagle Eye (2008). She also had a recurring role as Judge Elizabeth Mizener on Law & Order.
Cohen died in New York City on 14 February 2020.
